Climate averages 1991–2020
Choma weather
in February.
A warm, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Choma: daytime highs average 24.7°C and nights cool to about 17.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 176 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes February a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 39 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mazabuka (133 km away). In February its highs average 26.5°C, 1.8°C warmer than Choma, with 144 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Choma ranks 23rd of 24 for the warmest February highs and 5th of 24 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 24 cities is 25.6°C; Choma is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 24.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 176 mm to 125 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Choma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 222 | 24.2 | 13.013 h |
| February, selected | 24.7°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 176 | 21.3 | 12.713 h |
| March | 24.6°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 125 | 17.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 23.9°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 30 | 6.8 | 11.712 h |
| May | 23.0°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 3.9 | 1.0 | 11.311 h |
| June | 21.2°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 11.111 h |
| July | 20.8°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 1.3 | 0.4 | 11.211 h |
| August | 24.4°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| September | 28.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 2.0 | 0.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.0°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 15 | 3.1 | 12.512 h |
| November | 28.3°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 96 | 13.8 | 12.913 h |
| December | 25.4°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 199 | 22.8 | 13.113 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
February in nearby cities
- Mazabuka in FebruaryZambia · 133 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.9°C · 144 mm rain
- Livingstone in FebruaryZambia · 166 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 164 mm rain
- Kafue in FebruaryZambia · 172 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 19.2°C · 181 mm rain
- Namalombwe in FebruaryZambia · 203 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 18.0°C · 188 mm rain
- Lusaka in FebruaryZambia · 209 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 17.8°C · 188 mm rain
- Chunga in FebruaryZambia · 215 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 18.1°C · 170 mm rain
- Madido in FebruaryZambia · 219 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 170 mm rain
- Kabwe in FebruaryZambia · 306 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 18.0°C · 189 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Choma) is explained once on the Choma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.